Life Without Parole

by Hassine, Victor; Bernard, Thomas J.; McCleary, Richard; Wright, Richard A.; Irwin, John

• ISBN13: 9781891487132
• ISBN10: 1891487132
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-03-01
• Publisher: Roxbury Pub Co

Table of Contents

About This Book	iv	(3)
Acknowledgements	vii	(3)
Foreword	x	(1)
John Irwin
Preface: The Story Behind This Book	xi	(4)
Thomas J. Bernard
About the Author	xv
Part I: Prison Life	3	(80)
Introduction	3	(2)
Chapter 1: How I Became a Convict	5	(12)
Chapter 2: Things Missed	17	(12)
Chapter 3: Playing the Opposites	29	(8)
Chapter 4: Prison Violence	37	(8)
Chapter 5: The Underground Economy	45	(12)
Chapter 6: Prison Politics	57	(14)
Chapter 7: Race Relations in Prison	71	(8)
Chapter 8: Saying Goodbye	79	(4)
Part II: Interviews	83	(46)
Chapter 9: David: A Sexual Victim	83	(4)
Chapter 10: Chaser: A Medication Addict	87	(8)
Chapter 11: Toney: An AIDS Tragedy	95	(6)
Chapter 12: Albert Brown: A Permanent Resident	101	(6)
Chapter 13: Jacko: Surviving the Hole	107	(6)
Chapter 14: Coach: A Changeling	113	(8)
Chapter 15: The Dancing Man	121	(8)
Part III: Op Ed	129	(30)
Chapter 16: Prison Overcrowding	129	(4)
Chapter 17: Prison Rape	133	(14)
Chapter 18: Relationships Between Inmates and Guards	147	(4)
Chapter 19: A Theory of Prison Evolution	151	(4)
Chapter 20: Conclusion: The Runaway Train	155	(4)
Afterword	159	(14)
Richard A. Wright
Appendices	173
Appendix A: A State Tries to Rein in a Prison Awash in Drugs Reprinted from The New York Times	173	(4)
Appendix B: Struggle to Survive: View from Behind Bars Reprinted from The Philadelphia Inquirer	177